1. Parent-Child Value Transmission Among Chinese Immigrants to North America: The Case of Traditional Mate Preferences.
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Hynie, Michaela, Lalonde, Richard N., and Nam Lee
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MATE selection , *PARENT-child relationships , *CHINESE people , *IMMIGRANTS , *ADULT children , *CHILDREN , *VALUES (Ethics) , *PARENTS , *MATE (Asian people) , *ALLOCENTRISM - Abstract
Parent-child similarities in traditional mate preferences were examined in Chinese immigrants to North America. Adult children (n = 63) rated their preferred mate characteristics. Children then completed measures of interdependence, family allocentrism, Chinese identity, and Asian values. Their parents (n = 63) also rated their own preferences for their child's spouse and their own Asian values. Parents reported greater preference for traditional mate characteristics than did their children. Parents' preferences were related to parents' own Asian values. Children's traditional mate preferences were predicted by their parents' preferences and their own family allocentrism. Family allocentrism was a marginally significant partial mediator of parent's influence on children's preferences. Family connectedness may, therefore, facilitate intergenerational transmission of values in immigrant Asian families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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